An American Haunting

This film, which debuts in theaters on May 5th, is a portrayal of the famous "Bell Witch" of Adams, TN. Within the subcategory of horror, possession films are typically my least favorite. I am assuming this film revolves around the framework of possession just based on it's tag line: "possession knows no bounds."

Anyway, I had a rather hearty chuckle when I first saw the trailer on television a couple of nights ago. The opening line of the trailer, delivered by the classic deep threatening voice, went something like this; "To this day, residents of Adams, TN live in terror because of the Bell Witch."

It just so happens that my church is located about 10 minutes from Adams, TN and we have church members who live there. As far as I know, they are not living in terror. Kind of funny when you know the actual people in the town where a film is based. Not that I blame the film makers for using that line. When you are doing the "true story" thing, you have to bring the fear to the present day or it doesn't connect quite as well.